Moving from 17 themes to 5 action areas
We have assimilated the feedback from the theme leaders and the feedback from the review team to create a simpler set of priorities for Our Union Street.
Going forward, we will have five action areas which our efforts will focus on.
They are as follows:
Brighten the street
This is about getting the street clean then bringing extra colour and interest to it.
Fill the units
Create and market a compelling offer then attract great businesses to occupy them and bring them back to life.
Use the space
Use the empty shop windows as a fascinating and often changing street gallery that attracts people to the street and brightens up empty retail units.
Tell the story
Creating a single reliable source of information about what’s happening in the city centre and creating lots of attractions and events.
Engage the people
Recruiting and deploying the volunteers we need to deliver the four action areas above.
We also have a number of background themes that we will keep working on but that are not yet clear enough or mature enough to define clear actions for.
- The impact of more or fewer taxis on our economy and what options are available.
- Finding cost-effective ways of cleaning the upper floors of buildings and a commercial model that can be funded.
- Investigating all available spaces on Union Street above street level to identify development and conversion opportunities and options.
- Further discussions with property Letting Agents on the best way to present incentives to attract businesses toward to come to Union Street.
- Engaging better with all of the current occupants of Union Street – the retailers, the café owners, the bar managers etc.
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